Wayne and Erika Pfeiler

Two nights ago we had some pretty heavy rain during a thunderstorm. This wouldn't have been a problem, except that I had just seeded some new grass close to the house. So during the rain, I hear an odd noise. I look out the window and I see that water is streaming straight down from the roof. So we basically have a two-story waterfall from the roof. This sucks for several reasons, but it basically screwed up the grass I'd set out within about 5 feet of the house, by washing the seed and dirt away.

So I call the home owners association and they agreed to take a look at it. Two days later, I'm curilous if they did anything about it. I brought out the ladder and climbed up to the roof. I don't think they'd come out yet, and I saw there were clumps of leaves and roof gravel clogging both the downspouts. As long as I was up there, I decided to clean them out. And yes, I was careful. Now it should be safe to re-do that grass. Hooray for 22-ft ladders!